West Ham might have a new U23 goalscoring sensation on their hands as summer recruit Xande Silva has smashed in a 6-minute hat trick on his first competitive start for the youngsters.

The Portuguese striker signed on a £1.3m deal from Vitoria De Guimaraes a fortnight ago and made his debut in a friendly defeat to Watford off the bench.

He's now announced himself in a huge way for his new club having fired in a hat trick, against bitter rivals Spurs no less, as the Hammers turned around a 1-0 deficit into a 3-1 lead thanks to the striker.

Silva scored the equaliser just two minutes before half time, powerfully striking home an effort into the roof of the net from a ridiculously tight angle to give the Hammers parity.

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Just seconds after the restart, Silva was at it again as he put the Hammers ahead for the first time. After piling forward, Josh Cullen found Silva and the forward skipped a tackle and dispatched coolly home.

It was 3-1 to the visitors just three minutes later, Xande Silva had completed his hat trick inside of ten minutes with another powerful finish from a tight angle.

Xande Silva celebrates after scoring during the U-20 World Cup quarter-final between Portugal and Uruguay in Daejeon (Image: KIM DOO-HO/AFP/Getty Images)

Samuel Shashoua had given Spurs a sixth-minute lead at the LAMEX Stadium in Stevenage against a West Ham U23s side that included Reece Oxford, Nathan Holland, Josh Cullen and Silva., who was eventually replaced in the 78th minute to rapturous applause.